The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-30
Taking Testimony.

put DR.. James Anderson on the stand.
He testified substantially as follows:
/ practice medicine at Millington, and
was so engaged in tbs middle Of last
May. knew Tom Kennedy. On the
10th Of May / saw him at W. O. Ems.
ley & Co.'s store and examined him.
He had been shot, and was lying
dead. His body was in the side room
OF the store, where an inquest was be-
ing held. He was wounded by buck.
shot in the right side, which struck
the lower lobe Of the liver, entering q
little in the back. He was also wound
ed in the right side Of the neck and in
the right shoulder. Kennedy had
been dead about FIVE hours when ex'
anined him. The shots he had re-
ceived were the cause Of his death.
WITNESS was shown the tat and shirt
Kennedy had on when shot, and iden-
titled them. There were rents in the
garments at the places where
he found the wounds on Ken.
nedy. The clothes were also
shown to the jury l could not tell
how many bullets struck Kennedy. ]
counted twelve bullet holes in the
side and twelve in the shoulder. The
witness showed on the person Of Mr..
Steen, OF counsel for the State, where
the shots entered Kennedy's body, in.
dicsting that they entered at the back
and ranged forward and downward
No bullets entered Kennedy's body al
the front.
Gross exemined-I probed some Of
the wounds. II Kennedy's coat had
been buttoned the wounds would have
been further in front. The bullets in
the shoulder ranged downward, as il
they were fred from above. l raw
Kennedy few moments after he wac
shot, but made no examination then
He was lying on the porch OF Easley'f
store.
To the court-The shots that en-
tered the shoulder ranged directly
downward. l cannot tell.
10 Col. Gantt-Some OF the shot
struck and broke the clavicle. 1t Is mo-
necessary to be in front of a man il
order to hit his clsvicle. 1t could bC
done from above. / could not say
whether the bullets went directly
backward or forward. They seemed L
GO ALMOST directly downward. There
was no shot in Kennedy's back.
To Attorney General Psters-Nt
shots enteren the front. Some Of then
entered tbs shoulder on a direct lint
with the shoulder. The claviCle wal
broken by balls from above, and no
from the front or rear. The porch
where saw Kennedy's body lying il
about foot and half above the leve
Of the ground.
JUSTICE CHAM JONES
sworn: / am magistrate in the Sec
ond Civil district. Was present wheI
Kennedy's body was examined at the
inquest. There were several bulle
holes in the shoulder and in the side
The witness put his hand on the tor
of bis shoulder and in the rear OF thu
right side to show the locality Of thu
wounds.
HAMP TIMMoNs
eworn: 1 knew Tom Kennedy
Shown the clothes. Those are thu
clothes he wore. / saw him on the
day OF the killing, before and after hi
death. was on the jury of inquest
The shot entered to the rear Of thu
right side and into the shoulder at thu
top.
Cross examined-The bullets seem
ed TO have ranged downward. Some
of them entered the right side. DOM
know whether his collar bone waE
broken or not. The shot that entered
the right side ranged across toward
the other side.
To the Court-TheIe were severa
holes in the shoulder. One sho
glanced down the front OF the shoulder
but none glanced down the back.
To Attorney General Peters-Tht
wounds in the side were nearer the
back tbsa the front. They were
rather 10 rear OF a direct line from the
armpit 10 the hips than in front of it
To the Court What / mean by 9
mans bsck is the part that is nearer
to the backbone than the front OF him
DIX, ANDhkbON
Was recalled and showed some OF the
buckshot that were cut out Of Kenne
dy's body. They were Aattened where
they had come in contact with bone
To Col. CAN'T he said he was mo-
familiar with buckshot and had never
hunted with them or used them in any
way.
wooDsoE KNIGHT
testified: ! was in Millington on the
10th OF May last. Was there wher
Kennedy was shot. / was sitting b.
him on the front porch OF Easley'I
store at the time. Mr.. White alsC
was there. He and / wers sitting OF
boxes and Kennedy sat on a chsil
about elk feet away. The store 'front.'
east. / was north OF the door and 81
was White, Kennedy was south o
tho door and facing us. He was trim
ming q pencil with his pocket knife
While we three we're talking Milling
ton came along and threw a gun dow
on Kennedy and when he fell he sho
him Again. Kennedy was lying on hi